Grid data processing method and apparatus

ABSTRACT

The present invention discloses a grid data record processing method and apparatus. The method comprising: acquiring influence parameters of lag time of an insulator on which flashover is occurred, the lag time being a time interval from the insulator flashover to tripping of a corresponding breaker in a substation is caused; determining the lag time according to the acquired influence parameters of the lag time and a lag time evaluation model; and determining trip-up records caused by the insulator flashover from grid data records according to the lag time. With the method and apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention, trip-up records caused by insulator flashover can be efficiently determined from grid data records.

BACKGROUND

The present invention relates to technical solution of grid dataprocessing, and in particularly, to a method and apparatus forprocessing grid data according to information about insulator flashover.

It is a common phenomenon in a grid that tripping of switch occurs in asubstation, and the time to re-close the switch after tripping is veryshort, usually in milliseconds, thus an external user usually will notsense the power failure, however, trip-up record is one kind ofimportant grid data. Since tripping occurs frequently, the resultanttrip-up records are usually of massive volume. For example, for acity-scale substation, trip-up records per day will be as many asseveral hundreds of thousands of pieces. Therefore, how to accuratelyanalyze grid data having massive volume of trip-up records becomes achallenge in electric power field.

Typically, tripping events are recorded in grid data, especially in aSCADA system. There are many causes for tripping, such as overloadedline, aging facilities, flashover of insulator, etc., in which 70% ofthe tripping events are caused by insulator flashover. Many meaningfultripping failure records will be mixed among a vast number of trippingevents caused by flashover, thus, efficient analysis could not beperformed on tripping records, which, in turn, becomes a significantinterference and seriously hinders analysis on grid data.

Currently, determining causes of tripping events is performed manually,for example, by manually checking other operation status recordingsystem to see whether there is line overload at the time at whichtripping occurs, or by manually collecting statistics about lines wheretripping occurs frequently, and then checking whether there is agingfacility, whether insulator flashover has occurred, etc. In electricpower field, since the amount of data of trip-up records is very huge,and efficiency of existing manual checking is very low, there is anurgent need to provide an efficient technique for determining trip-uprecords caused by flashover.

Therefore, there is still room to improve existing grid data processingsolution, and there is a need to efficiently determine trip-up recordscaused by insulator flashover from grid data records, thereby providingeffective assistance to subsequently improve grid data analysis.

SUMMARY

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided agrid data record processing method, comprising: acquiring influenceparameters of lag time of an insulator on which flashover is occurred,the lag time being a time interval from the insulator flashover totripping of a corresponding breaker in a substation is caused;determining the lag time according to the acquired influence parametersof the lag time and a lag time evaluation model; and determining trip-uprecords caused by the insulator flashover from grid data recordsaccording to the lag time.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provideda grid data record processing apparatus, comprising: an acquiring moduleconfigured to acquire influence parameters of lag time of an insulatoron which flashover is occurred, the lag time being a time interval fromthe insulator flashover to tripping of a corresponding breaker in asubstation is caused; an evaluation module configured to determine thelag time according to the acquired influence parameters of the lag timeand a lag time evaluation model; and a determining module configured todetermine trip-up records caused by the insulator flashover from griddata records according to the lag time.

With the method and apparatus according to the invention, trip-uprecords caused by insulator flashover can be efficiently determined fromgrid data records, thereby providing effective assistance tosubsequently improve grid data analysis.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

Through the more detailed description of some embodiments of the presentdisclosure in the accompanying drawings, the above and other objects,features and advantages of the present disclosure will become moreapparent, wherein the same reference generally refers to the samecomponents in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an exemplary computer system/server 12which is applicable to implement the embodiments of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 depicts a flowchart of a grid data record processing methodaccording to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3A depicts a logical diagram of a substation and transmissionlines;

FIG. 3B depicts a diagram of physical structure of the substation andtransmission lines;

FIG. 4 depicts a flowchart of determining type of flashover by manner ofimage recognition according to one embodiment of the present invention;and

FIG. 5 depicts a diagram of a grid data record processing apparatusaccording to one embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Some preferable embodiments will be described in more detail withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which the preferableembodiments of the present disclosure have been illustrated. However,the present disclosure can be implemented in various manners, and thusshould not be construed to be limited to the embodiments disclosedherein. On the contrary, those embodiments are provided for the thoroughand complete understanding of the present disclosure, and completelyconveying the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in theart.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the present inventionmay be embodied as a system, method or computer program product.Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirelyhardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (includingfirmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or an embodimentcombining software and hardware aspects that may all generally bereferred to herein as a “circuit,” “module” or “system.” Furthermore, insome embodiments, the present invention may take the form of a computerprogram product embodied in one or more computer readable medium(s)having computer readable program code embodied therein.

Any combination of one or more computer readable medium(s) may beutilized. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signalmedium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readablestorage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic,magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system,apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. Morespecific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readablestorage medium would include the following: an electrical connectionhaving one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, arandom access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber,a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storagedevice, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of theforegoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storagemedium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a programfor use by or in connection with an instruction execution system,apparatus, or device.

A computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signalwith computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, inbaseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated signal may takeany of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to,electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. Acomputer readable signal medium may be any computer readable medium thatis not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate,propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with aninstruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmittedusing any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless,wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination ofthe foregoing.

Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of thepresent invention may be written in any combination of one or moreprogramming languages, including an object oriented programming languagesuch as Java, Smalltalk, C++ or the like and conventional proceduralprogramming languages, such as the “C” programming language or similarprogramming languages. The program code may execute entirely on theuser's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alonesoftware package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remotecomputer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latterscenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computerthrough any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or awide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an externalcomputer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet ServiceProvider).

Aspects of the present invention are described below with reference toflowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus(systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of theinvention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchartillustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in theflowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented bycomputer program instructions. These computer program instructions maybe provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, specialpurpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus toproduce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via theprocessor of the computer or other programmable data processingapparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified inthe flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computerreadable medium that can direct a computer, other programmable dataprocessing apparatus, or other devices to function in a particularmanner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readablemedium produce an article of manufacture including instructions whichimplement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or blockdiagram block or blocks.

The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer,other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to causea series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, otherprogrammable apparatus or other devices to produce a computerimplemented process such that the instructions which execute on thecomputer or other programmable apparatus provide processes forimplementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or blockdiagram block or blocks.

Referring now to FIG. 1, in which a block diagram of an exemplarycomputer system/server 12 which is applicable to implement theembodiments of the present invention is shown. Computer system/server 12is only illustrative and is not intended to suggest any limitation as tothe scope of use or functionality of embodiments of the inventiondescribed herein.

As shown in FIG. 1, computer system/server 12 is shown in the form of ageneral-purpose computing device. The components of computersystem/server 12 may include, but are not limited to, one or moreprocessors or processing units 16, a system memory 28, and a bus 18 thatcouples various system components including system memory 28 toprocessor 16.

Bus 18 represents one or more of any of several types of bus structures,including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, anaccelerated graphics port, and a processor or local bus using any of avariety of bus architectures. By way of example, and not limitation,such architectures include Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus,Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus, Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, VideoElectronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and PeripheralComponent Interconnect (PCI) bus.

Computer system/server 12 typically includes a variety of computersystem readable media. Such media may be any available media that isaccessible by computer system/server 12, and it includes both volatileand non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media.

System memory 28 can include computer system readable media in the formof volatile memory, such as random access memory (RAM) 30 and/or cachememory 32. Computer system/server 12 may further include otherremovable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer system storagemedia. By way of example only, storage system 34 can be provided forreading from and writing to a non-removable, non-volatile magnetic media(not shown and typically called a “hard drive”). Although not shown, amagnetic disk drive for reading from and writing to a removable,non-volatile magnetic disk (e.g., a “floppy disk”), and an optical diskdrive for reading from or writing to a removable, non-volatile opticaldisk such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or other optical media can be provided.In such instances, each can be connected to bus 18 by one or more datamedia interfaces. As will be further depicted and described below,memory 28 may include at least one program product having a set (e.g.,at least one) of program modules that are configured to carry out thefunctions of embodiments of the invention.

Program/utility 40, having a set (at least one) of program modules 42,may be stored in memory 28 by way of example, and not limitation, aswell as an operating system, one or more application programs, otherprogram modules, and program data. Each of the operating system, one ormore application programs, other program modules, and program data orsome combination thereof, may include an implementation of a networkingenvironment. Program modules 42 generally carry out the functions and/ormethodologies of embodiments of the invention as described herein.

Computer system/server 12 may also communicate with one or more externaldevices 14 such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a display 24, etc.;one or more devices that enable a user to interact with computersystem/server 12; and/or any devices (e.g., network card, modem, etc.)that enable computer system/server 12 to communicate with one or moreother computing devices. Such communication can occur via Input/Output(I/O) interfaces 22. Still yet, computer system/server 12 cancommunicate with one or more networks such as a local area network(LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), and/or a public network (e.g.,the Internet) via network adapter 20. As depicted, network adapter 20communicates with the other components of computer system/server 12 viabus 18. It should be understood that although not shown, other hardwareand/or software components could be used in conjunction with computersystem/server 12. Examples, include, but are not limited to: microcode,device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays,RAID systems, tape drives, and data archival storage systems, etc.

With reference to FIG. 2, a flowchart of a grid data record processingmethod according to one embodiment of the present invention is shown,generally, grid data record is SCADA data record.

As shown, the method at least comprising: step 210, acquiring influenceparameters of lag time of an insulator on which flashover is occurred,the lag time being a time interval from the insulator flashover totripping of a corresponding breaker in a substation is caused; step 220,determining the lag time according to the acquired influence parametersof the lag time and a lag time evaluation model; and step 230,determining trip-up records caused by the insulator flashover from griddata records according to the lag time.

In step 210, influence parameters of lag time of an insulator on whichflashover is occurred are acquired, the lag time being a time intervalfrom the insulator flashover to tripping of a corresponding breaker in asubstation is caused.

Next, the lag time and the influence parameters of the lag time will bedescribed in connection with FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B. FIG. 3A depicts alogical diagram of a substation and transmission lines, and FIG. 3Bdepicts a diagram of physical structure of the substation andtransmission lines. In FIG. 3A, there is a plurality of breaker switchesS (S1 . . . S6) in substation S, and the transmission lines L (L1 . . .L6) connected with the substation are transmission paths leading to thesubstation, each of the transmission lines includes a plurality of poleson which a plurality of insulators are provided. Specifically, withrespect to the physical structural diagram in FIG. 3, line 1 may be a110 kv line inputted to the substation, line 1 is connected with switch1 in the substation, and there is a plurality of poles (pole A, pole B,etc.) on line 1, each of the poles is provided with a plurality ofinsulators, and length of the line is the distance from the insulator onwhich flashover is occurred to the substation. There is also a 35 kVline 2 outputted from the substation, and likewise, line 2 also includesa plurality of poles, each of which also has a plurality of insulators.

When flashover occurs on an insulator, certain lag time is needed forthe SCADA system to observe whether tripping of a corresponding breakerin the substation occurs, this is due to certain time interval is neededfor the interference caused by variation in parameters such as voltage,current, and so on resulted from the flashover to be propagated to anadjacent substation and cause trip-up. Specifically, the process thatthere is a lag time between occurrence of the flashover and tripping inthe substation can be known from FIG. 3 as follows: flashover occurs atan insulator on pole A, variation in current and voltage caused by theflashover is passed to switch 1 in the substation along a line havingcertain length, thereby causing tripping of switch 1, the lapsed timetherebetween is referred to as lag time Δt.

The influence parameters of the lag time are various parameters thatwill influence the lag time, and specifically, may include one or moreof the following: type of the flashover, time of the flashover, linelength from an adjacent substation determined by physical location ofthe insulator, type of switch breaker, and status parameters of theinsulator before the flashover.

Type of flashover is an important factor that will influence lag time,and variation in current and voltage caused by flashover with differentphenomena will vary. In one embodiment, type of flashover may be dividedas follows: 1) no apparent discharge; 2) purple spark, light purplesilk-like discharge; 3) purple brush-like discharge; 4) orange segmentalarc; 5) pulse frequency reduced, ⅓ leakage distance; 6) bright orangemain arc, with intensive little arcs in groove; 7) strong discharge,throughout leakage distance; 8) red arc. Type of flashover may besubdivided or merged by a person skilled in the art based on theinformation of the present disclosure.

In one more specific embodiment, acquiring type of the insulatorflashover comprises: acquiring an image of the flashover when theflashover occurs on the insulator, for example, an image upon occurrenceof the insulator flashover can be gathered by an image sensor; and typeof the flashover may be determined by performing image recognition onthe acquired image. FIG. 4 depicts a specific embodiment of a method fordetermining type of flashover by manner of image recognition. The methodas shown in FIG. 4 comprising: step 410, extracting texture feature ofthe image of the flashover; step 420, acquiring texture feature of atypical flashover type picture; and step 430, determining type of theflashover based on feature similarity between the texture feature of theimage of the flashover and that of the typical flashover type picture ofan insulator. Specifically, the similarity may be determined by usingcosine distance. Image recognition technique is not what is improved inthe invention and details of its implementation will be omitted herein.Image acquiring devices may be arranged in many manners, for example,they may be arranged at each pole, or an image acquiring device may becommonly used between adjacent poles to reduce hardware cost. The timeat which the flashover occurs may also be determined according to timestamp of the acquired image.

The status parameter of an insulator is, for example, contaminationstatus of the insulator, and specifically, may include salt density, ashdensity, and so on. In one embodiment, contamination status of aninsulator may be determined through contamination profile of theinsulator, which is data commonly provided in a grid, and contaminationstatus of an insulator can be determined by querying contaminationprofile according to location of the insulator. In another embodiment,contamination status of an insulator can also be learned by analyzingthe image obtained before the flashover.

Line length is the distance from an insulator to an adjacent substation,which is also a factor positively related with lag time. A certain poleon an individual transmission line can be located according to physicallocation (latitude and longitude) of an insulator on which flashoveroccurs, and in turn the line to which it belongs and correspondingsubstation can be determined, thereby length of the line from thatinsulator to the substation can be determined.

A breaker in a substation is normally closed, and response time ofdifferent types of switches to interference will vary, therefore, typeof switch is also a factor that will influence lag time. The type ofswitch includes, for example, vacuum breaker, compressed air breaker,oil breaker, and so on.

Next, step 220 in FIG. 2 will be described, wherein the lag time isdetermined according to the acquired influence parameters of the lagtime and a lag time evaluation model.

The lag time evaluation model can be trained according to sample data.When a new flashover event occurs, the lag time may be calculated byinputting corresponding influence parameters of the lag time. In oneembodiment, the step of determining the lag time evaluation modelcomprises: acquiring training data, each entry therein includes theinfluence parameters of the lag time of a historical flashover event andcorresponding lag time; training the lag time evaluation model accordingto the training data through at least one of a decision tree model, anregression model and a Bayes model.

Next, in one specific embodiment, the process for establishing a lagtime evaluation model will be described by taking regression model as anexample. The specific training steps are as follows.

First, training samples are determined according to historical data. Inone embodiment, each piece of sample data in the training sampleincludes four influence parameters of lag time and corresponding lagtime. Specifically, the influence parameters of the lag time mayinclude: type of flashover Yi, length of the line L between an insulatoron which flashover occurs and a tripped switch in substation, type ofthe tripped switch A (for example, vacuum breaker, compressed airbreaker, oil breaker, etc), and status parameter of an insulator B (forexample, a value characterizing contamination status of the insulator,such as salt density, ash density, etc). Next, a process for determininglag time Δt between the time at which flashover occurs on an insulatorand the time when tripping is recorded in the SCADA system in the sampledata will be described. Generally, trip-up records caused by theinsulator flashover are manually determined from the SCADA data records,each piece of record includes a tripping time t2, and further, a timedifference between the flashover time t1 of the insulator and theabnormal record time t2 in the SCADA system is taken as the lag timeΔt=t2−t1.

Establishment of a regression model is just to determine mathematicalrelationship Δt=f(L, Yi, A, B) between influence parameters of lag timeand the lag time on basis of sample data. Since selection of the sampledata possesses certain randomness, confidence verification needs to beconducted on the established model with the aid of other sample data, soas to derive a relationship model between variables having significantfeatures. The confidence verification conducted in model establishmentstage is theoretical verification having statistical sense. After theverified regression model is established, Δt can be calculated accordingto the established regression model for newly generated L, Yi, A, and Brecords. According to the Δt acquired from calculation, a portion oftrip-up records in the SCADA system can be deleted, this portion ofdeleted SCADA records is considered as being caused by insulatorflashover. To actually verify confidence level of the establishedregression model, result obtained through manual checking and thatobtained through system's automatic checking needs to be compared, so asto obtain actual confidence level of the regression model. When theactually measured confidence level of the regression model meets acertain requirement, it proves that the established model has relativehigh accuracy, and can be used as a means to check the SCADA trip-uprecords; otherwise, the model needs to be re-established.

In another embodiment, the process for establishing a lag timeevaluation model will be described by taking decision tree model as anexample. The specific training steps are as follows.

First, training samples also need to be determined according tohistorical data, for details of which, please refer to the preparationof sample data employed by the regression model. Next, according todifferent feature variable (flashover type of an insulator, statusparameter of an insulator, length of line, status parameter of aswitch), information gain for that feature variable is calculated, thefeature with large information gain of the feature variable is taken asa next level child node of the decision tree, and the decision tree isdivided according to that feature variable. Further, training sets arelocated on different child nodes according to feature variables, andcorrespond to different sub-training sets. Then, the decision treedivision step is performed iteratively, until the decision tree is grownto a predetermined decision depth (i.e. path length of the decisiontree) threshold, that is, construct a relative complete decision tree.There are lag time for a plurality of sample data in each leaf node setof the decision tree, lag time feature of each leaf node set needs to becalculated according to lag time of these sample data. The calculationmethod includes but is not limited to clustering method (e.g., k-meansmethod), weighted averaging method, and so on.

After establishment of the decision tree model, impurity degree of thefinally obtained leaf node (number of records/total number of recordswhich do not conform to clustering feature of the leaf nodes) is definedas theoretical confidence level of the decision tree model. When thetheoretical confidence level of the decision tree model meets therequirement, this decision tree model can be taken as a model forpredicting lag time; otherwise, the decision tree model needs to bere-established. Upon obtaining a decision tree model that meets therequirement, lag time Δt for a new record is predicted based on thismodel, and whereby a portion of trip-up records in the SCADA system isdeleted, this portion of deleted SCADA records is considered as beingcaused by insulator flashover. To actually verify confidence level ofthe resultant decision tree model, result obtained through manualchecking and that obtained through system's automatic checking needs tobe compared, so as to obtain actual confidence level of the decisiontree model.

Of course, as appreciated by a person skilled in the art, there may bemore, less or different influence parameter variables of lag time thanthat described above in the evaluation model. For example, theevaluation model may only include some of the above listed variables.Furthermore, as appreciated by a person skilled in the art, in additionto the above discussed logistic regression model, decision tree model,other classification model such as Bayes model can also be employed toestablish the method training evaluation model, and the details of whichwill be omitted here for brevity.

When using the lag time evaluation model determined from the regressionmodel, for a new insulation flashover, according to the obtainedinfluence parameters of the lag time for that flashover (such as,flashover type Yi, line length L; switch type A; and insulator statusparameter B) and the evaluation model Δt=f(L, Yi, A, B), lag time Δtcorresponding to this new insulator flashover event can be calculated.

When using the lag time evaluation model determined from the decisiontree model, for a new insulator flashover, according to the obtainedinfluence parameters of the lag time of that flashover and the decisiontree evaluation model, the new flashover can be classified to a certainleaf node of the decision tree, and in turn, lag time Δt of this newinsulator flashover event can be determined according to the lag time ofthat leaf node.

In step 230, trip-up records caused by the insulator flashover aredetermined from grid data records according to the lag time.

Generally, grid data record is original SCADA trip-up record. In oneembodiment, SCADA trip-up records are filtered by lag time and flashovertime. For example, a time window can be determined according to the lagtime and the flashover time, and trip-up records caused by flashover canbe determined from the grid data records according to this time window.

After step 230, in one embodiment, analysis may be performed on thedetermined trip-up records caused by flashover. In another embodiment,original data may be filtered by removing the trip-up records caused byflashover, in this manner, accident trip-up records in a grid not causedby flashover and have high confidence degree can be obtained, further,more meaningful analysis can be performed on the filtered data records.It is to be noted that, how to analyze grid data is not what is improvedin the invention and details of which will be omitted herein.

The key to the present application lies in finding objective law of lagtime and applying that objective law in grid data processing, which canprovide significant assistance to substantially reduce interference bytripping events caused by flashover, or to specifically analyze trippingevents caused by flashover.

FIG. 5 depicts a diagram of a grid data record processing apparatusaccording to one embodiment of the present invention, the apparatuscomprising: an acquiring module 510 configured to acquire influenceparameters of lag time of an insulator on which flashover is occurred,the lag time being a time interval from the insulator flashover totripping of a corresponding breaker in a substation is caused; anevaluation module 520 configured to determine the lag time according tothe acquired influence parameters of the lag time and a lag timeevaluation model; and a determining module 530 configured to determinetrip-up records caused by the insulator flashover from grid data recordsaccording to the lag time.

In one embodiment, the influence parameters of the lag time includes atleast one of the following: type of the flashover, time of theflashover, line length from an adjacent substation determined byphysical location of the insulator, type of switch breaker, and statusparameters of the insulator before the flashover.

In one embodiment, the acquiring module 510 comprises: a moduleconfigured to acquire an image of the flashover when the flashoveroccurs on the insulator; and a module configured to determine type ofthe flashover by performing image recognition on the acquired image.

In one embodiment, the module configured to determine type of theflashover by performing image recognition on the acquired imagecomprises: a module configured to acquire texture feature of the imageof the flashover; and a module configured to determine type of theflashover based on similarity between the texture feature of the imageof the flashover and that of a typical flashover type picture.

In one embodiment, the determining module 530 comprises: a moduleconfigured to determine a time window according to the lag time and thetime at which the flashover occurs; and a module configured to determinetrip-up records caused by the flashover according to the time window.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprising a module configuredto determine the lag time evaluation model, and the module configured todetermine the lag time evaluation model comprises: a module configuredto acquire training data, each entry therein includes the influenceparameters of the lag time of a historical flashover event andcorresponding lag time; a module configured to train the lag timeevaluation model according to the training data through at least one ofa decision tree model, an regression model and a Bayes model.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprising a module configuredto perform analysis on the trip-up records caused by the flashover.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprising a module configuredto perform analysis on the grid data records from which the trip-uprecords caused by the flashover have been removed.

With the technical solution of the present application, trip-up recordscaused by flashover can be efficiently determined from grid datarecords. When the technical solution of the present application isimplemented by the general-purpose computer system shown in FIG. 1, thecomputer system shown in FIG. 1 will become a dedicated device forprocessing grid data records.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the Figures illustrate thearchitecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementationsof systems, methods and computer program products according to variousembodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in theflowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portionof code, which comprises one or more executable instructions forimplementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be notedthat, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in theblock may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, twoblocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantiallyconcurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverseorder, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be notedthat each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, andcombinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchartillustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-basedsystems that perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations ofspecial purpose hardware and computer instructions.

The descriptions of the various embodiments of the present inventionhave been presented for purposes of illustration, but are not intendedto be exhaustive or limited to the embodiments disclosed. Manymodifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skillin the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the describedembodiments. The terminology used herein was chosen to best explain theprinciples of the embodiments, the practical application or technicalimprovement over technologies found in the marketplace, or to enableothers of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodimentsdisclosed herein.

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 9. A grid data record processing apparatus, comprising:an acquiring module configured to acquire influence parameters of lagtime of an insulator on which flashover is occurred, the lag time beinga time interval from the insulator flashover to tripping of acorresponding breaker in a substation is caused; an evaluation moduleconfigured to determine the lag time according to the acquired influenceparameters of the lag time and a lag time evaluation model; and adetermining module configured to determine trip-up records caused by theinsulator flashover from grid data records according to the lag time.10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the influence parametersof the lag time includes at least one of the following: type of theflashover, time of the flashover, line length from an adjacentsubstation determined by physical location of the insulator, type ofswitch breaker, and status parameters of the insulator before theflashover.
 11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the acquiringmodule comprises: a module configured to acquire an image of theflashover when the flashover occurs on the insulator; a moduleconfigured to determine type of the flashover by performing imagerecognition on the acquired image.
 12. The apparatus according to claim11, wherein the module configured to determine type of the flashover byperforming image recognition on the acquired image comprises: a moduleconfigured to acquire texture feature of the image of the flashover; amodule configured to determine type of the flashover based on similaritybetween the texture feature of the image of the flashover and that of atypical flashover type picture.
 13. The apparatus according to claim 9,wherein the determining module comprises: a module configured todetermine a time window according to the lag time and the time at whichthe flashover occurs; a module configured to determine trip-up recordscaused by the flashover according to the time window.
 14. The apparatusaccording to claim 9, further comprising a module configured todetermine the lag time evaluation model, and the module configured todetermine the lag time evaluation model comprises: a module configuredto acquire training data, each entry therein includes the influenceparameters of the lag time of a historical flashover event andcorresponding lag time; a module configured to train the lag timeevaluation model according to the training data through at least one ofa decision tree model, an regression model and a Bayes model.
 15. Theapparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a module configuredto perform analysis on the trip-up records caused by the flashover. 16.The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a moduleconfigured to perform analysis on the grid data records from which thetrip-up records caused by the flashover have been removed.